Angry that he suspected his wife was seeing another man behind his back, a Frome man grabbed her phone to check her messages and then assaulted her during the altercation.

Krzysztof Grzegorczyk returned to the house unexpectedly and became abusive towards her, calling her a b***h and a w***e.

When she walked away he removed the sim card from her phone and then when she went to get dressed he pushed her on the back of the shoulder causing pain but no lasting injury.

When the defendant appeared before Somerset Magistrates sitting as a special domestic violence court they were told that the victim did not want anything more to do with her husband and believed he was now seeking a divorce.

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In a statement read to the court she said that during their 15 year marriage she had suffered verbal abuse from Grzegorczyk when they lived in Poland and it had continued since moving to England four years ago.

“On the day in question he offered me further abuse and hit me to the shoulder once but I did not receive any physical injuries,” she said.

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“My husband is an aggressive type of person by nature and when he is angry I am scared of him. I don’t want to have contact with him and I don’t want him to come home.

“I am aware his intention is to seek a divorce, however I am unsure if he will change his mind, but the house without him has become a calmer and happier place and I hope in the future I can put the past behind me and move on with my life.”

The 35-year-old defendant, formerly of Frome but now living at Liddington Way, Trowbridge, admitted assaulting his wife by beating her at the family home in Frome on March 31.

Prosecutor Christine Hart said that on the day in question the victim was at home after taking a day off as she felt unwell and the defendant returned home unexpectedly at 8am.

“She believed he had done so through jealousy in order to check up on her and he then became abusive calling her a b***h and a w***e,” she said.

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“She walked away but he followed her and thought she was going to call the police and he then removed the sim card from her phone.

“She wanted to get dressed and while putting her clothes on she suddenly felt a pain to her shoulder where she had been pushed by Grzegorczyk, although no visible injury was caused.”

When the defendant was arrested by police he admitted pushing her on the shoulder with an open palm saying he had done so in the heat of the moment.

“He said he had acted impulsively but did not mean her any harm saying their relationship had broken down due to her seeing another man and he returned home as his wife had left work early as he thought she was seeing this other man,” said Miss Hart.

“The discussion turned into an argument and he took her phone to find out what the other man was saying to her.”

Grzegorczyk told the court that he did not want any further contact with his wife and said on the day of the offence he was tired and had had three months of being lied to.